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class="course-description2__units-and-terms"> <span class="course-description2__units-and-terms__item">9 units (3-0-6)</span> | <span class="course-description2__units-and-terms__item">first term</span> </div> <div class="course-description2__description course-description2__general-text"> This course offers a focused introduction to the practices of reading, thinking, and writing that characterize academic writing. More specifically, the course teaches students how to articulate a position, situate writing within specific contexts, engage with the work of others, locate and provide convincing evidence, and understand the expectations of different types of academic readers. Additionally, this course focuses on the challenges of academic writing that can be especially demanding for multilingual writers, including mastery of Academic English, understanding American academic conventions regarding citation and plagiarism, and being comfortable with American academic readers' expectations regarding argumentation and evidence. Students will take several writing projects through multiple stages of revision, improving their work with feedback from seminar discussions, workshops, and frequent one-to-one conferences with the instructor. Students are placed in Wr 1 based on a writing assessment that is required of all incoming students; successful completion of the course is required before taking freshman humanities courses. Not available for credit toward the humanities-social science requirement. Enrolled students may be required to take Wr 3, 4, and/or 50 in subsequent quarters. </div> <div class="course-description2__instructors course-description2__general-text"> <span class="course-description2__instructors__label font-weight-bold">Instructors:</span> Hall, S </div> </div> <div class="course-description2 " id="wr-2"> <div class="course-description2__label"> Wr 2 </div> <h2 class="course-description2__title"> Introduction to Academic Writing </h2> <div class="course-description2__units-and-terms"> <span class="course-description2__units-and-terms__item">9 units (3-0-6)</span> | <span class="course-description2__units-and-terms__item">first term</span> </div> <div class="course-description2__description course-description2__general-text"> This course offers a focused introduction to the practices of reading, thinking, and writing that characterize academic writing. More specifically, the course teaches students how to articulate a position, situate writing within specific contexts, engage with the work of others, locate and provide convincing evidence, and understand the expectations of different types of academic readers. Students will take several writing projects through multiple stages of revision, improving their work with feedback from seminar discussions, workshops, and frequent one-to-one conferences with the instructor. Students are placed in Wr 2 based on a writing assessment that is required of all incoming students; successful completion of the course is required before taking freshman humanities courses. Not available for credit toward the humanities-social science requirement. Enrolled students may be required to take Wr 3, 4, and/or 50 in subsequent quarters. </div> <div class="course-description2__instructors course-description2__general-text"> <span class="course-description2__instructors__label font-weight-bold">Instructor:</span> Daley </div> </div> <div class="course-description2 " id="wr-3"> <div class="course-description2__label"> Wr 3 </div> <h2 class="course-description2__title"> Reading and Composing Academic Writing </h2> <div class="course-description2__units-and-terms"> <span class="course-description2__units-and-terms__item">9 units (3-0-6)</span> | <span class="course-description2__units-and-terms__item">second term</span> </div> <div class="course-description2__description course-description2__general-text"> This course builds on Wr 1 or 2 for students who need additional instruction in both the core concepts and practices of academic writing before beginning their freshman humanities coursework. The course will focus on developing critical reading skills and composing successful academic essays. By taking several writing projects through multiple stages of revision, students will develop a deeper sense of their strengths and limitations as writers, and seminar discussions, workshops, and frequent one-to-one conferences with the instructor will equip students to address those limitations. Not available for credit toward the humanities-social science requirement. Enrolled students may be required to take Wr 4 and/or 50 in subsequent quarters. </div> <div class="course-description2__instructors course-description2__general-text"> <span class="course-description2__instructors__label font-weight-bold">Instructors:</span> Hall, S </div> </div> <div class="course-description2 " id="wr-4"> <div class="course-description2__label"> Wr 4 </div> <h2 class="course-description2__title"> Principles and Practices of Academic Writing </h2> <div class="course-description2__units-and-terms"> <span class="course-description2__units-and-terms__item">3 units (1-0-2)</span> | <span class="course-description2__units-and-terms__item">second term</span> </div> <div class="course-description2__description course-description2__general-text"> Taken simultaneously with a freshman humanities course, this course offers weekly discussion of core concepts in academic writing. By focusing on the diverse scenes, situations, and genres of academic writing, the course aims to support writers both in their concurrent work writing in humanistic disciplines and to connect that learning to writing tasks that students will encounter in other academic locations. Not available for credit toward the humanities-social science requirement. Enrolled students also take Wr 50. </div> <div class="course-description2__instructors course-description2__general-text"> <span class="course-description2__instructors__label font-weight-bold">Instructors:</span> Hall, S </div> </div> <div class="course-description2 " id="wr-50"> <div class="course-description2__label"> Wr 50 </div> <h2 class="course-description2__title"> Tutorial in Writing </h2> <div class="course-description2__units-and-terms"> <span class="course-description2__units-and-terms__item">1-3 units to be arranged. By permission only</span> <span class="course-description2__units-and-terms__item"></span> </div> <div class="course-description2__description course-description2__general-text"> Individualized tutorial instruction in writing and communication for students who benefit from weekly discussions about their work as writers. Not available for credit toward the humanities-social science requirement. </div> <div class="course-description2__instructors course-description2__general-text"> <span class="course-description2__instructors__label font-weight-bold">Instructors:</span> Hall, S </div> </div> <div class="course-description2 " id="enwr-84"> <div class="course-description2__label"> En/Wr 84 </div> <h2 class="course-description2__title"> Writing About Science </h2> <div class="course-description2__units-and-terms"> <span class="course-description2__units-and-terms__item">9 units (3-0-6)</span> | <span class="course-description2__units-and-terms__item">third term</span> </div> <div class="course-description2__description course-description2__general-text"> Instruction and practice in writing about science and technology for non-specialist audiences. The course considers how to convey complex technical information in clear, engaging prose in a variety of contexts. Readings in different genres (newspaper journalism, creative non-fiction, and advocacy) raise issues for discussion and serve as models for preliminary writing assignments. A more substantial final project will be on a topic and in the genre of the student's choosing. Includes oral presentation. Satisfies the Institute scientific writing requirement and the option oral communications requirement for humanities majors. </div> <div class="course-description2__instructors course-description2__general-text"> <span class="course-description2__instructors__label font-weight-bold">Instructors:</span> Hall, S </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="page-published-at"> Published Date: July 28, 2022 </div> </main> <footer class="footer-container"> <div class="footer d-flex flex-column flex-wrap flex-sm-row justify-content-sm-between"> <div class="footer__torch-box"></div> <img alt="Caltech Torch" class="footer__torch" src="/static/theme7/img/flame.png"> <div class="footer__left"> <img alt="Caltech Logo" class="footer__left__caltech-wordmark" src="/static/theme7/img/caltech-new-logo.png"> <div class="footer__left__caltech-title">California Institute of Technology</div> </div> <div class="footer__right"> <img class="footer__right__map-marker" src="/static/theme7/img/icon-footerpin.png" alt="map marker"> <div class="footer__right__contact-info-row">1200 East California Boulevard</div> <div class="footer__right__contact-info-row">Pasadena, California 91125</div> </div> <nav class="footer__menu w-100 d-flex flex-wrap justify-content-center" aria-label="Footer"> <a class="footer__menu__link" href="https://www.caltech.edu/privacy-notice">Privacy Notice</a> <span class="footer__menu__link">Site content Copyright @ 2025</span> <a class="footer__menu__link footer__menu__link--login" href="/admin/login/">Log In</a> </nav> </div> </footer> <script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/anchor-js@5.0.0/anchor.min.js" integrity="sha256-aQmOEF2ZD4NM/xt4hthzREIo/2PFkOX/g01WjxEV7Ys=" crossorigin="anonymous"></script> <script> anchors.options = { visible: 'touch', titleText: 'Right-click here and choose "Copy Link" to get a link to this part of the page.', } anchors.add(); </script> </body> </html>